Majid Kazmi > Quotes

“Don't let anyone tell your story. Pick up a pen and write your own.”
― Majid Kazmi

“It may sound paradoxical, but strength comes from vulnerability. You have to ask the question to get the answer, even though asking the question means you didn't know.”
― Majid Kazmi, The First Dancer: How to be the first among equals and attract unlimited opportunities

“Don't be quick to believe the bad things you hear about good people. Everyone has a story left untold.”
― Majid Kazmi, The First Dancer: How to be the first among equals and attract unlimited opportunities

“When it comes to learning success, action is your school, and failure your teacher.”
― Majid Kazmi

“Our minds become slaves to those we see as having total power to control us and to cause pain to us. We are quick to give up control of ourselves to those who have the power to rule us as long as they also have the power to feed us. This is the fundamental construct of a feudal society.”
― Majid Kazmi, The First Dancer: How to be the first among equals and attract unlimited opportunities

“Pause, breathe and smile. Anything that adds to your stress is likely not worth pursuing.”
― Majid Kazmi, The First Dancer: How to be the first among equals and attract unlimited opportunities

“Successes are like milestones while excellence is a never-ending journey.”
― Majid Kazmi, The First Dancer

“We all look for opportunities in the form of an ideal state of affairs; the perfect weather for picnic, enough time to call a friend, or a good offer to sell the house. The truth is, you have the power to create the state of affairs that you call opportunities.”
― Majid Kazmi, The First Dancer: How to be the first among equals and attract unlimited opportunities

“What you think of yourself in your mind is nobody's business. Make it count.”
― Majid Kazmi, The First Dancer: How to be the first among equals and attract unlimited opportunities

“Do not judge my success by the destination I reached but the distance I traveled.”
― Majid Kazmi, The First Dancer: How to be the first among equals and attract unlimited opportunities

“I always thought that the shortest distance between failure and success is luck. It so appears now that if you account for the wait time, the shortest distance between failure and success is action.”
― Majid Kazmi

“We are quick to give up control of ourselves to those who have the power to rule us as long as they also have the power to feed us.”
― Majid Kazmi, The First Dancer

“Pursuit of contentment is not the pursuit of an elusive tomorrow; it is the celebration of today. In that, it is the pursuit to end all pursuits.”
― Majid Kazmi, The First Dancer: How to be the first among equals and attract unlimited opportunities

“You owe it to yourself to forgive and forget. Holding grudges is like punishing yourself for others' actions and rewarding them for hurting you.”
― Majid Kazmi, The First Dancer: How to be the first among equals and attract unlimited opportunities

“Pursuit of happiness is like chasing a moving target—a target stuck to the belly of a frolicsome kangaroo.”
― Majid Kazmi, The First Dancer

“When you say you are in pursuit of happiness, what you essentially mean is that you are expecting your environment to always act in ways that would elicit an emotion of happiness in your heart. It is exactly as absurd as it sounds.”
― Majid Kazmi, The First Dancer: How to be the first among equals and attract unlimited opportunities

“The lies that people tell in stories is what makes them so true.”
― Majid Kazmi, The First Dancer: How to be the first among equals and attract unlimited opportunities

“I would be a billionaire if I didn't have to worry about making a living.”
― Majid Kazmi, The First Dancer: How to be the first among equals and attract unlimited opportunities

“All geniuses are not successful just like all successful people are not geniuses. I would rather be successful than a genius.”
― Majid Kazmi

“Doubting everything is a sign of wisdom; speaking your doubts is mere stupidity.”
― Majid Kazmi

“When it comes to human success, I'm pretty sure the object doesn't need a net external force to move it.”
― Majid Kazmi

“Deep inside us all, there is a perpetual conflict between our urge to succeed and the fear of taking action. The trouble is, taking action almost always precedes success.”
― Majid Kazmi